Hollywood duo Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes are battling British conservation groups over plans to film an upcoming First World War epic near Stonehenge.
According to The Times, the American producer and British director want to build a mock farm building and “network of combat trenches” near the ancient archaeological site on Salisbury Plain, in order to recreate a battlefield for their upcoming movie 1917.
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